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Spotting Conversations About Drugs
Are you worried that a child might be experimenting with or even addicted to drugs? Of course, there will be physical signs to help you uncover any illicit drug use, but understanding how dealers and users talk online is a useful tool to have in your parenting toolkit.
Terms That Suggest Cannabis Use
As cannabis is easy to obtain and most teenagers start out experimenting with it, our first list is dedicated to cannabis-related terms. These terms could suggest the person:- Is part of a conversation about cannabis use.
- Is using cannabis.
- Is hiding inappropriate activity.

Term and Meaning | Image |
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420 Cannabis | |
420 FRIENDLY User of Cannabis or Tolerant of Cannabis Use | |
BABYSITTING Hogging the Cannabis Joint When Passing it Around | |
BAKE To Smoke or Prepare Cannabis | |
BAKED Stoned | |
BHO Butane Hash Oil | |
BLAZE To Smoke Cannabis | |
BLAZED Stoned | |
BLAZING Smoking Weed | |
BLEM High on Cannabis | |
BLIM A Piece of Cannabis | |
BLUEBERRY Form of Cannabis | |
BONG Water Pipe for Smoking | |
BOWL The Bowl of a Cannabis Pipe | |
BUD Cannabis | |
BUN To Smoke Cannabis | |
CBD Cannabidiol | |
CHRONIC High Quality Cannabis | |
CROW Cannabis | |
CUSH Top Quality Cannabis | |
DANK Very Potent Cannabis | |
DEN Hideout to Make or Use Drugs | |
DIME Measure of Drugs | |
DIRT Low Quality Cannabis | |
DOOBIE Cannabis Joint | |
DOPE Cannabis | |
DRO Hydroponically Grown Cannabis (i.e. without soil) | |
DUB SACK 20-Dollar Bag of Cannabis | |
ELBOW A Pound of Cannabis | |
ERB Cannabis (from "herb") | |
FOOD Cannabis | |
GANJ Cannabis (from GANJA | |
GANJA Cannabis | |
GRASS Cannabis | |
HASH Cannabis | |
HAZE Type of Cannabis (Purple Haze) | |
HENRY One-Eighth | |
HERB Cannabis | |
HOTBOX Smoke a Drug in a Confined Space | |
HUFF Low Grade Cannabis | |
HYDRO Hydroponically Grown Cannabis | |
JOINT Cannabis Cigarette | |
KILLA High Quality Cannabis | |
KRAM To Smoke Weed | |
KUSH High Grade Cannabis (Hindu Kush variety) | |
LEAF Cannabis | |
LID Ounce of Cannabis | |
LOUD Good Quality Cannabis | |
MARY JANE Cannabis | |
MAUI WOWIE Cannabis from Hawaii | |
MEX Low-grade Cannabis from Mexico | |
MID Medium-grade Cannabis | |
NICKEL Measure of Drugs | |
MOTA Cannabis | |
NUG High Quality Bud of Cannabis | |
PIF Cannabis | |
PINNER Thin Cannabis Cigarette | |
PUFF Cannabis | |
PUKKA Cannabis Flower | |
PURPLE Strong cannabis (Purple Haze variety) | |
REEFER Cannabis Joint | |
REGGIE Regular-grade Cannabis (derogatory) | |
REGS Regular-grade Cannabis (derogatory) | |
RES Cannabis Resin | |
ROACH Tip of a Joint | |
SCHWAG Low-grade Cannabis | |
SEEDS Cannabis Seeds | |
SES Cannabis | |
SHATTER Concentrated Cannabis Extract | |
SOG Sea of Green (cannabis growing) | |
SKUNK Very Potent Cannabis | |
SPLIFF Cigarette Made from a Mix of Cannabis and Tobacco | |
SWED Smoke Weed Every Day | |
TAV Cannabis | |
TEETH One-Sixteenth of an Ounce | |
THC Tetrahydrocannabinol | |
ZIP An Ounce of Cannabis | |
ZONG Bong with a Zed-Shaped Tube | |
ZONKED High | |
ZOOT Spliff or Joint |
Multiple Terms Probably Spell Trouble
In isolation, some of these terms could be innocent. For example:- There will be lots of cake at the party.
- I am going to buy some skittles.
- There will be lots of cake and Tina at the party.
- I am going to buy some skittles from the candyman.
Terms That Suggest Serious Drug Use (Class A)
It is worth learning the following terms as they could suggest the person:- Is part of a conversation about Class A drugs.
- Is using Class A drugs.
- Is hiding inappropriate activity.
Term and Meaning | Image |
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ACID LSD | |
ALICE Magic Mushrooms | |
BASE Methamphetamine | |
BASER Drug User | |
BEANS Ecstasy | |
BLOW Cocaine | |
BLOWN High | |
BLUES Opioid Drug | |
BOOMERS Magic Mushrooms | |
BOOMS Magic Mushrooms | |
BRICK Kilogramme of Drugs | |
BROWN Heroin | |
BUBBLE Powdered Drugs | |
BUGLE Cocaine | |
BUNDLE Heroin | |
CAKE Kilogramme of Cocaine | |
CANDYMAN Drug Dealer | |
CAPS Magic Mushrooms | |
CHARLIE Cocaine | |
CHEESE Starter Heroin | |
CHICKEN Kilogram of Cocaine | |
CID LSD (from "acid") | |
COKE Cocaine | |
CRYS Crystal Meth | |
CRACK Type of Cocaine | |
DMT Di-Methyl Tryptamine | |
DOG FOOD Heroin | |
DOWNER Depressant Drug | |
DPT Dipropyltryptamine | |
DRONE Mephedrone (Synthetic Stimulant) | |
DUST Angel Dust, Phencyclidine (PCP) | |
E Ecstasy | |
ECSTASY Stimulant Drug | |
FADED To Be High | |
FIX An Amount of Drugs from One Session | |
FRIED High on Drugs | |
GHB Gamma Hydroxybutyrate | |
GLASS Crystal Meth | |
GO FAST Methamphetamine | |
GOOG Ecstasy Pill | |
HENRY One-Eighth | |
HOP Heroin | |
HORSE Heroin | |
HUFF Sniff Chemicals | |
HYPO Hypodermic Needle | |
ICE Methamphetamine | |
JELLY-ROLL Heroin | |
JIFFED Cocaine | |
JUNKIE Addict | |
KEY Kilogramme of Drugs | |
KI Kilogramme of Drugs | |
KITCHEN Illicit Drugs Factory | |
KNOCKED Caught Selling Drugs | |
LEMMO Cocaine | |
LEMO Cocaine | |
LICKED Drunk or High | |
LIFTED High on Drugs | |
LINE A Line of Drugs (Powdered) | |
LSA D-Lysergic Acid Amide (a type of drug like LSD) | |
LSD D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide | |
M Mephedrone | |
M-CAT MEPHEDRONE | |
MANDY Powdered or Crystallized MDMA | |
MDA MDMA or Ecstasy | |
MDMA Methylenedioxy-Methylamfetamine (Ecstasy) | |
MEOW-MEOW MEPHEDRONE | |
MEPHEDRONE Synthetic Stimulant | |
METH Methamphetamine | |
MIP Minor In Possession | |
MOLLY Powdered or Crystallized MDMA | |
MULE Person Who Carries Drugs for Someone Else | |
MUSHIES Magic Mushrooms | |
O Ounce of Drugs | |
OD Overdose | |
OIL BURNER Pipe Used to Smoke Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine | |
ONION Ounce of Drugs | |
P Methamphetamine | |
P&P Party and Play | |
PASTE Methamphetamine | |
PCP Phencyclidine | |
PIE Kilo of Drugs | |
PIZZO Pipe Used to Smoke Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine | |
PLUG >Contact, Drug Dealer | |
POOKIE Pipe Used to Smoke Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine | |
POPPER Amyl Nitrate | |
PRIMO Marijuana Joint Laced with Cocaine | |
PURE Methamphetamine | |
PUSH To sell drugs | |
QP Quarter Pound of Drugs | |
RAIL A line of cocaine (US) | |
ROCK Crack Cocaine | |
ROLL Being High on Ecstasy | |
SHROOMS Magic Mushrooms | |
SID LSD | |
SIZZLE Oxycontin | |
SKI Snort Cocaine | |
SKI INSTRUCTOR Cocaine Dealer | |
SKITTLES Drugs | |
SLICE Eighth of An Ounce of Drugs | |
SMACK Heroin | |
SNIFF Cocaine | |
SOFT Powdered Cocaine | |
SPECIAL K Ketamine | |
SPEED Methamphetamine | |
SPUN High on Hallucinogens | |
TEETH One-Sixteenth of an Ounce | |
TINA Crystal Meth | |
TRIPPING Under the Influence of Drugs | |
TWEAK High on Drugs | |
WATER Joint Dipped in Formaldehyde or PCP | |
WAX Methamphetamine | |
WET Marijuana Joint Dipped in Formaldehyde or PCP | |
XTC Ecstasy |
Other Drug-Related Terms
Term and Meaning | Image |
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LIT High | |
TRAP Place Drugs Are Manufactured or Sold | |
TRAP-HOUSE House at Which Drugs Are Manufactured or Sold |
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